| Intro | American actor | ||
| A.K.A. | Joseph Francis Mazzello III, Joe Mazzello | ||
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Actor Screenwriter Film producer Television actor Film actor |
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| From | United States of America | ||
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 21 September 1983, Rhinebeck, USA | ||
| Age: | 36 years | ||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||
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Joseph Francis Mazzello III (born September 21, 1983), sometimes credited as Joe Mazzello, is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, Eugene Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Dustin Moskovitz in The Social Network and Queen bass player John Deacon in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Early life
Mazzello was born in Rhinebeck, New York, and raised in Hyde Park, New York, the son of Virginia (née Strong) and Joseph Mazzello, Jr., who owned a dance studio. He has one older sister, Mary, and a younger brother, John, who have both appeared in films. His father is of three-quarters Italian and one-quarter German Jewish ancestry, while his mother is of Irish and English descent. Mazzello went to the Catholic school Our Lady of Lourdes. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, entering the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2001 following a recommendation letter from director Steven Spielberg. Mazzello paid for school with his salary from a small appearance in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), something the actor jokingly referred to as his graduation present from Spielberg.
Career
Mazzello’s first film appearance was a small role in Presumed Innocent (1990), starring Harrison Ford. He followed up that success with a supporting role as an abused child in the drama Radio Flyer (1992). He also appeared in “Unspeakable Acts”. His most notable roles were as Douglas Gresham in Shadowlands and Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, both in 1993, Dexter in the 1995 film The Cure, and Eugene “Sledgehammer” Sledge in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. In 2010, Mazzello played Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook in the David Fincher-directed film The Social Network. Mazzello starred as John Deacon in the 2018 Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody.
Mazzello made his directorial debut with the short film Matters of Life and Death (2007) in which he also stars; the cast includes David Strathairn (with whom he has worked in The River Wild (1994), Simon Birch (1998), and The Sensation of Sight (2006), Daniel Gillies, and Rachael Leigh Cook.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1992 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Under 10 in a Motion Picture | Radio Flyer | Nominated |
| Best Young Actor Under 10 in a Television Movie | Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | Nominated | ||
| 1994 | Saturn Award | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Jurassic Park | Nominated |
| 1994 | Young Artist Award | Best Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture: Drama | Won | |
| 1996 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Leading Actor: Feature Film | The Cure | Nominated |
| 1999 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor | Simon Birch | Nominated |
| 1999 | YoungStar Award | Best Young Actor in a Drama Film | Won | |
| 2010 | Hollywood Film Awards | Best Cast | The Social Network | Won |
| 2010 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Cast | Won | |
| 2010 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Cast | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Critics’ Choice Movie Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Gold Derby Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Ensemble Cast | Won | |
| 2019 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Bohemian Rhapsody | Nominated |